No Intenso Agora blends a cornucopia of archive materials documenting the uprisings of 1968 as they unfolded across four different countries. Narrated in first person by the director, the amateur footage includes scenes that a tourist—Salles’ mother—filmed in China during the Cultural Revolution.

A deeply personal essay film, this haunting blend of archive and hushed analysis seeks to make sense of the global protest movements of the 1960s. The footage itself is extraordinary, but it’s the hypnotic, critically astute commentary which best scrutinises contemporary romanticization of the era.